Dumbo Platinum/Diamond Edition?!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Dumbo is a perennial - it was among the first animated features shown on Walt's "Disneyland" TV show (Alice was first)It is also a beloved and acclaimed film, I'm not sure what needs to be "avenged" either.
As for The Artistocats, well, it isn't one of the studio's crown jewels...
I don't know what needs to be "avenged" in this case, as the film really has no right to feel "wronged" by anyone.

In Aristocats' case, it is "avenged"--
Namely, Disney trying to work out their frustrations over WHY the Tokyo and Paris parks still gush over Marie the Kitten on a 101 Dalmatians level, while in their hometown, they can't give the movie away for free.
(Probably because Ron Miller-era Phil Harris movies went out with bell-bottom pants.)

...You would not believe what a source of headbanging frustration this is to them, baffling every aspect of their marketing department to "reinvigorate"--
Darnit, it should work, it's supposed to work, it's worked elsewhere, why isn't it working??

Dumbo does not raise the same passions, but after that 2-disk that was supposed to have the New Video Sequel attached, there does seem to be innocent hopes that they've finally "resurrected" the movie from back when it was one of the Five VHS Orphans--
They successfully resurrected Alice, the Three Caballeros, and even Robin Hood out of the Orphanage, and now think that enough kids have also ridden the park ride to have sudden new identification with circus motif and a mute personality-less elephant..
Heck, if "Sword in the Stone" could be the last Orphan to get its "prestige" 2-disk upgrade, there's nowhere left to go but Blu; it's just "Why now?" that's the key question, let alone "Why interrupt the Platinum sequence?".
(Well, okay, there was the Caballeros, but that was also park merchandising, since the characters were going back into Epcot.)

Eric is a passionate fellow. I'm sure he'll be along to explain it all to us in short order. I imagine he's referring to that MiceAge rumour that Fantasyland in WDW is getting a makeover to compete with the Harry Potter land at Universal, and this would include an expanded Dumbo attraction.

(right on time: )
Yeah, we giggle-busted that one, but, like I said, now having these two rumors together at the same time is........kinda creepy.